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This is my fourth Joe Farmsworth led session on Smoke Sessions, and they are all good.

Disc 1

OOS

When I see people at a record store who are getting so excited they can buy, say, Led Zeppelin albums on CD for only 3 or 4 Euro, these are usually people under 25... People above 50 own these albums already if they wish to and they can also afford them on LP... And I do see these young people with some regularity... But I doubt that selling CDs to this demographic is by itself profitable enough to keep the shop open ... And there's a good chance that they will switch to LPs (or stop boycotting spotify) when they are over 30... What drives these people to CDs is only the price..

I recall an interview with Billy Butler, and his story was in line with Doggett's. I think it was Jazz Journal and I think it was Billy Butler?

Haven't listened in a good while. Mixed feelings when I did listen to it.

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Fairport Convention: Unhalfbricking

Eddie Condon “Town Hall Concerts Vol. 2” Jazzology 2 cd set disc 2

a friend was in your shoes and eventually was given the box and book, so it does happen!

I have never heard this record, though I've seen it around. Might give it a try one day.

There's a thread here dedicated to Nelson's work on Prestige, but I couldn't find one that discussed this album. I've had this on compact disc since it was first reissued in the early 90's. I always go hot and cold on it, but yesterday it really clicked for me. Nelson plays soprano throughout, and his intonation is near-perfect, which in a way isn't surprising given Nelson's meticulousness. His solo on "The Shadow of Your Smile" is really something else. Longer than most Nelson solos, and not openly reliant on his "patterns for jazz" as much as other solos of his from the period. It's really inventive. And his sound is so flute-like in the upper register—I wonder what Steve Lacy or Coltrane thought. (Is Nelson playing an Otto Link? I think so.) What do you think of this record? Both the orchestra side and the quartet side. Does the rhythm section (Steve Kuhn, Ron Carter, Grady Tate) gel?

I'm jealous that you got to see them perform live.

👍- Recorded during the 'Heidelberger Jazztage' on June 6, 1975. I saw them live during the 'Kunstmarkt Göttingen' at the 'Stadthalle' on June 21, 1975.

The Bottle Tapes - 6 CD set - arriving Saturday.

Joe Farnsworth, The Big Room (Smoke Sessions)

👍🏼👍🏼 Also born today: Sonny Red, John Ore, Walter Booker, and Ronnie Boykins.

That's my experience, too.

I couldn't find any info on the interwebs. His website lists no upcoming or past performances and I could not locate a Facebook page. Apparently he and Joshua Edelman led a Jazz Workshop session last July in Bilbao, and also gave a 2-piano concert. That's the only post-2019 thing I saw.

Not all CDrs deteriorate. Some do, some don't. It depends on the manufacturer. I have a few CDrs that are 30 years old and still play.

I've never managed to see Schneiderman play live. I don't think I've ever seen him listed in a band playing in the Boston area. I wonder if he still performs in the New York area?

I am torn between a standalone article that goes into greater depth - and which I would need interest from a periodical to be determined - versus incorporating the story in a more simplified way into a Percy France profile, which I already have interest from two different publications, Hot House and the Syncopated Times.

Well, I for one would be interested in reading this - no doubt!

The Ellington V-Discs are on the set below, which may be hard to find and it includes the excellent Deep South Suite. Ellington's band did not participate in any V-Disc recording sessions and that's why there are no Ellington V-Discs on this new Mosaic set. I believe the "In the Sjhade of the Old Apple Tree" is from a World Broadcast session and it's one of my favorite Ellington arrangements. The Jazzology label has a 5 cd series that includes everythning (lots of alternates) that Ellington recorded for World Broadcasting. https://www.amazon.com/V-Disc-Recordings-Duke-Ellington/dp/B00000IIT6/ref=sr_1_4?crid=1EB4B6YVZ1PFX&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.s9LF8A-_jJJ_9CQVxB08-E0rtaquR9wJeN7PTaDShv_9967VSGJx734k-CYfVskMUeYT0TwqDCXS977BvcdDOe7fcXJc430Ovwb2T_9EV-hjpOgZpBylntijTntKvACg.Vc6qKV7PjmUYig-ftlH4d81LT5Dw6iv3c-A8ZNbl8Ss&dib_tag=se&keywords=Duke+ellington+v-disc&qid=1765978205&sprefix=duke+ellington+v-disc%2Caps%2C87&sr=8-4

December 17 Vyacheslav Ganelin - 1944 Saw him with Petras Vysniauskas (ss) and Klaus Kugel (dr) at Jazzwerkstatt Peitz 52 on June 13, 2015